Lifelong Learning in the Time of Corona 19

English, Leona M.; Mayo, Peter

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-65778-9_8

Lifelong Learning, Global Social Justice, and Sustainability 2021

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-65778-9_8

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Lifelong Learning in the Time of Corona 19

Leona M. English

Peter Mayo

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“…vulnerable groups, creating new inequalities or deepening existing class divides (Käpplinger & Lichte, 2020, Waller et al, 2020and English & Mayo, 2021. Special attention has been paid to the discriminating effects of a long period of online learning, whereby students have dropped out of educational programs or have had great difficulties to stay in, due to the lack of suitable online study conditions.…”

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Learning in times of crisis

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The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world on an unprecedented scale, in spite of repeated early warnings (Waller et al, 2020), has made many of us aware of the fragility of health systems, economic systems, social systems and the effects on individual lives worldwide. Crises in general are said to be opportunities to reconsider what has been taken for granted for a long time. The pandemic will probably be looked back upon as a historic moment, 'one that could be seen either as an important turning point for humanity or as a huge missed opportunity, a milestone in the story of our deterioration and mismanagement of the planet' (Stanistreet et al, 2020, p. 627). However, turning crises into opportunities necessarily involves processes of learning on an individual and a collective level. In the last eighteen months we have witnessed how experts, politicians, civilians have been coping with unexpected challenges and a persisting uncertainty, while trying to control and overcome increasing death rates, economic disasters, psychological disorders. Scientists have done unprecedented efforts to successfully develop vaccines. Policy makers have installed innovative vaccination programs executed by large numbers of health workers and volunteers.The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have turned into a massive learning experience on a global scale. This has inspired many of us to reflect on the nature of that learning. We have asked questions such as how do we learn? What do we learn? How do crises trigger learning -or hinder learning? And, what role does/can or even should adult and continuing education play in this? In spite of their relative absence from the public debate, (adult-)educationalists have already raised important questions and given answers. Many of them have pointed to the negative educational effects of this crisis for

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